There are lots of dates that are important to me. Of course, there’s the obvious ones. October 1, my wedding anniversary. July 30, Deb’s birthday. April 6, Caileigh’s birthday. November 23, Keaton’s birthday. February 1, Tara’s birthday. And the birthdays and anniversaries of other family and friends. But there’s also October 17. It’s a weird…
I reached a milestone on Duolingo, today. 500 consecutive days of learning. Or is it playing? That’s one of the things that makes Duolingo so effective for me. The gamification of the learning. French was always difficult for me when I was a kid. I grew up in Quebec and had French in school for…
I’m not as nice as some people think. I’m also not always a jerk, like some other people think. I’m both. Grumpy and Nice. Mean and kind. Rarely at the same time. But frequently close together. This weekend, someone parked in front of my driveway. They were waiting for someone. I could have ignored it…
We open our show The Game’s Afoot in less than a month. Our fearless director set a date for us to be off book. To know our lines, that is. And that date has come and gone. I can’t speak for everyone, but none of us know our lines yet! Okay, maybe I can speak…
I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog. He’s been posting daily for decades. It’s amazing. I don’t read every post. But I read today’s post. About chocolate. And I went down a chocolate rabbit hole. I had no idea that a lot of the world’s chocolate is produced using slave labour. And child labour. Or if…
I weigh myself every morning when I get up. Then I weigh myself again after I go to the bathroom. And I usually weigh myself at the end of the day. If I’m fasting, I’ll even weigh myself before bed. But when I mark down my weight for the “day”, I use the lowest weight.…
Writing can be hard. Especially when you are starting on a project. Getting those first words written can be excruciating. For me, it isn’t for lack of ideas. There’s tons of things to write about. Before I start writing a blog post, I glance at my list of possible post topics. I’ve got about 190…
I finished reading The Comfort Crisis a couple of weeks ago, but I’m going back to read it again. I listened to most of the book with Kindle Assistive Reader. Which is great for listening to the book in the car. But it’s not so great when you want to go back and savour something.…
The new season has started for Vocal Point Choir. And we’re learning the songs for our concerts in December 2024. As often happens at the start of a new session, new people join. And others leave. It’s strange when the choir shuffles a little from season to season. We’ve got two new people singing Bass.…
The C word. Cancer. It still causes anxiety and worry. We have family and friends dealing with it. Last weekend we found out that another friend has got it. With all our advances in technology, why is this one thing we haven’t beaten yet? Why haven’t we developed the cure? Is there a cure? What…
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